Yeah, maybe, maybe not. The thing is, why should I give a fuck about them when there are bands that sound just like them? I can't find anything that gives this band individuality. They're not remotely bad, I just don't know why I should listen to them.

Fantastic review for what was a surprisingly good album. The singles didn;t do anything for me when released as individual songs but in the context of the album it just works. I still think DH are quite a way ahead of them though. Despite James Veck-Gilodi not being as strong a vocalist as Cromby DH just write better songs.

This was definitely the natural way for this band to develop, I always thought they focus on his voice more, he's pretty good. On first listen, I don't really miss the harsh vocals, but this has yet to really grab my attention, I'm sure it'll grow on me but it doesn't seem overly catchy at the moment.

If only the very best wil do 10STT, then you wouldn't be listening to much music.

Thanks Macros. I agree that the singles work better in the context of the album too & was gonna squeeze that into the review, but didn't want to get bogged down in discussing disappointingly chosen singles & whatnot. From an overall song-writing perspective, I think it's pretty even... I agree that DH write better lyrics at present though, mainly because JV-G has been through some rough times & is an interesting character.

Correct henry. They had the dual scream-sing thing going, with an emphasis on the scream (mainly because Brown did not play an instrument). Clean vocalist Cromby has now totally taken over & made the band his own.

I know I don't have to tell you to give it a chance Sanders, but I can tell you that it did grow on me. 'Pass Me By' is unbelievably catchy & even the closer really grew on me from a catchiness perspective.

No, this is not post-hardcore f0xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxy. Nor is it Alexisonfire 2.0 Respecs.

Thanks elephant.

Woh, a 4.5... This officially has the andcas Seal Of Approval.

Tbh ecnalzen, I would have loved to have heard Dallas control more Alexisonfire songs like Liam has done here. Alas, it was not to be. I think Dallas has Liam covered on the folk front, that's for certain. Then again, that is now & he's been around for much longer.

Yeah Davey, that is a good point about Green being around longer. He was my favorite part of Alexisonfire, which is one of the reasons I wasn't a huge fan of the 'Dog's Blood' EP since he was pretty non-existent on it.

Maybe City & Colour will start becoming more of a rock outfit with time. He did finally add electric instrumentation and percussion on parts of 'Little Hell.' I do like the mix of acoustic and electric more compared to the strictly acoustic albums.

Great review, by the way. I will probably end up checking this out when it gets released. I listened to some of their earlier stuff and I didn't really enjoy the other guy's vocals. I read up on the guys a little and they just seemed to be stuck in Alexisonfire's shadow until now.